The court has given Ross $1000 a week to live on, but wife Jillian is seeking compensation for costs she has personally incurred on top of this.

Visitors to the Ross' $2.2 million home in Lower Hutt on Friday included representatives of Page Blackie, an upmarket art dealer based on Wellington's Victoria St. Staff at Page Blackie declined to make any comment yesterday.

Ross' lawyer, Gary Turkington, said there were moves to sell some of the couple's jointly owned chattels, all done in consultation with receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers.

"Nothing is being sold under the counter, so to speak," Turk- ington said.

"The important thing is investors' money is not being employed for legal fees. Anything will come out of joint stuff, or Mrs Ross' resources, such as they may be."

PwC partner John Fisk confirmed negotiations were under way about selling household goods.

"There are costs that need to be met and he's given us some pro- posals for sale of some of his assets and we're wanting to see the details of those proposals."

Mr Fisk said he had no power over Mrs Ross' assets.

"Any of her own personal assets are none of our business really."

Investors have expressed anger that Ross is even getting $1000 a week.

Bruce Tichbon, spokesman for a group representing more than half of the Ross Asset Management investors, said in recent days he had been emailed by a couple who had given Mr Ross $500,000 just a few weeks before the company's collapse.

During the meeting Ross gave a lengthy account of where he would invest the money.

Tichbon said people had been made destitute by investing with Ross and were living on benefits.

"They are infuriated that the courts are giving him $1000 a week to live on. They're living on half that."